m-Identity Basic Security Air+ Enterprise Edition security for the ACCESS mobile world GRANTED C OK

One smart card reader for PC and mobile Air+ Enterprise Edition (EE) is a and USB smart card reader. Smart cards are known to provide high level of security. Whereas the PC world has quite a few offerings to work with smart THE cards, in the form of USB card readers or tokens, the world of mobile devices does not enjoy such a variety. The primary goal of the product is to facilitate adopting smart card based security solu- SOLUTION tions in the world of mobile devices: smartphone and tablets. This goal is justified by increased usage of mobile devices for business purposes, as well as ever increasing sales numbers for mobile devices compared to traditional PCs and . As Air+ EE is both Bluetooth and USB smart card reader, it is possible to equip a user with one device enabling smart card security with applications on a PC as well as on a mobile device, such as smartphone or tablet.

Development tools for your mobile app The mobile smart card reader driver from Kobil allows mobile apps to communicate with the smart card inside Air+ EE. The driver is independent of a smart card used. It provides low level functionalities to communicate with a smart card. Therefore, an app developer should take care HOW of all the low level communication with a smart card. On the other hand, this approach provides the most flexibility in developing a mobile app exactly meeting customer’s requirements (use case, IT WORKS smart card, certificates, etc.) Kobil has developed a mobile security framework implementing the following use cases: SSL/TLS mutual for a web service, local file and signature. It is possible to use this framework instead of a minimalistic driver, as described above. However, in this case some restrictions exist on which card can be used, how and which use cases are implemented etc.

Reuse your existing infrastructure for PC In the PC world it is common to use a smart card reader connected to a PC (usually over USB) for YOUR reading a smart card containing client credentials (e.g. certificate and private key). Alternatively a security token can be used (also usually over USB), which has the certificate embedded. ADDED In the mobile world there is a problem: there is no standard USB port that can be used to plug in such a device. Here Air+ EE with its Bluetooth interface comes into play. Kobil Air+ EE hardware VALUE together with the smart card driver enables bringing smart card security also in the mobile world. Important is that on the operations side it is possible to enable reusing existing infrastructure, which may exist from a “PC based” smart card / token solution, as uncomplicated as possible in the mobile world with ever increasing number of devices penetrating the market.

secure your identity m-Identity Basic Security Air+ Enterprise Edition

Without Features With Air+ EE Air+ EE THE

PACKAGE Smart card security for 4 mobile applications Y

User authentication with a Bluetooth/USB smart smart card on a smartphone/ card reader 4 tablet Y

Smart card drivers for mobile and PC Encrypting/signing files with a smart card on a 4 smartphone/tablet Y (optionally) Mobile security framework

(optionally) Kobil One reader for a PC and smart cards 4 mobile Y

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